Staff members who have been on an authorized leave of longer than 3 months (e.g. maternity leave, disability leave, leave of absence) PRIOR to their mandatory year of tenure consideration may elect to defer the year of tenure consideration. If so, they must inform the Provost & Vice-Principal (Academic) (academic.personnel [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Change%20of%20Tenure%20Cohort%20--%20PUT_PERSONS_FULL_NAME_HERE) (via an email to the Academic Personnel Office)) by June 1st of their year of mandatory tenure consideration. Only two such elections are permitted.

NOTE: All leaves relating to the same event are treated as a single authorized leave (e.g. maternity leave and extended maternity leave taken in relation to the birth of a child).

Timeline (or Which Tenure Cohort)

To determine which tenure cohort you fall into, please see the table below.

Note: Any time spent as a pre-tenure-track Assistant Professor (Special Category) is excluded from calculation of the tenure cohort.

Tenure-Track Staff hired anytime in Calendar Year

Tenure Cohort Year

Dossier Under Mandatory Tenure Consideration
must be submitted to Secretariat Office by: